U.S. Virgin Islands -V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announced that Defendant Keithley Jones pleaded guilty to First degree unlawful sexual contact in V.I. Superior Court on the morning of jury selection, December 6, 2024. The charges stemmed from his sexual abuse of a child under the age of 13 between 2019 and 2022. Jones had been charged with Aggravated Rape in the First Degree, Unlawful Sexual Contact in the First Degree, and Child Abuse.
The defendant faces a potential sentence of up to fifteen years in prison and will be sentenced by the court following the completion of a presentence report by the Office of Probation. He will also be required to register as a sex offender. Due to the need to respect the privacy of the victim and their family, additional details of the crime are not being disclosed.
Attorney General Rhea expressed gratitude to all those involved for their dedication and hard work, including prosecutors Jasmine Griffin, Esq. and Robert Pickett, Esq., Assistant Attorneys General from the St. Croix Criminal Division of the V.I. Department of Justice, as well as the Litigation and Victim Services Teams, particularly Juliet John-Hope. He also thanked the Virgin Islands Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Bureau for their thorough investigation of the case.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 10, 2024
Sandra Goomansingh
Media Relations Director
(340) 774-5666 ext. 10105
Email: sandra.goomansingh@doj.vi.gov